Hand bag



Apwifl M, 193%. w. c. HIERING HANDBAG Filed Dec. 7, 1954 TTORNEY Patented Apr. 14, 1936 HAND BAG- William- 0. Hiering, Newark, N. J., assignor to J L E. Mergott Company, Newark,

ration of Delaware N. J2, acorpo- Application December 7, 1934;. Serial No. 756,427

5 Claims. This invention relates to improvements in hand bags and more particularly to frames for use in such bags.

It is an object. of the inventionto provide a hand bag frame of relatively simple structure,

having means to greatly facilitate the attaching of bag covering material thereto;

. A further object is the provision of novel forms of inlays to whichbag covering material is attached before insertion in the frame.

In accordance with my invention, a substantially U-shaped frame member is used, and separate inlays are provided for the longitudinal section and the hinge members of the frame. The bag covering material is secured to the inlays by means of tangs, an adhesive, or by sewing, after which the inlays are placed in the frame and secured thereto by bendable tabs formed on said frame.

These and other advantageous objects, which will later appear, are accomplished by the simple and practical construction and arrangement of parts hereinafter described and exhibited in the accompanying drawing, forming part hereof, and in which:

Fig. 1 is a perspective view showing a frame member and inlay embodyingmy invention,

Fig. 2 is a perspective View, partially in section, of a portion of a frame member showing the manner in which an inlay and bag covering material is secured to the frame member,

Fig. 3 is a perspective view partially in section, of a modified form of inlay,

Fig. 4 is a perspective view, partially in section, of a further modification of the inlay, and

Fig. 5 shows another modified form of the invention in which the bag covering material is secured to the inlay by sewing.

Referring to the drawing, in Fig. 1 there is shown a pair of hingedly connected bag frame members 3 and 4 of similar shape. Each frame member is U-shaped, having an inner side wall 5 surrounded with preferably an outwardly directed right angled flange 6, which in turn is provided with a downturned right angular flange 'l.

The wall 5 is provided at one edge thereof with a plurality of integral spaced tabs 8 having apertures 9 therein to facilitate bending. When the tabs are bent upwardly as shown in Figs. 1 and 2, they are bent in such a way as to provide a short ledge I projecting at right angles from the wall 5, upon which ledge I0 an inlay can rest.

In Fig. 1 there is shown three inlays ll, l2 and I3, the inlay ll being for the longitudinal portion of the frame member, while the inlays I2 and I3 are designed and. porportioned: to fit re:- spectively within the hinge. members or legs of the U-shaped frame member. The inlays are. provided with tabs M, struck out therefrom; Bag covering material I is secured to the inlaysiby means of the clamping tabs [4- after which the material is passed over the inlays as shown in Fig. 1, and the inlays are then'in'serted into: the: frame member, after which the tabs-8 are-bent; upwardly to clamp the inlays securely to the frame.

From the above description it will be seen that I have provided an unusually simple and effective bag frame device to which bag covering material can be readily and conveniently secured without the possibility of marring and damaging the frame member by tools and the like during the process of securing inlays to frame members.

In Fig. 3 is shown a modified form of inlay l6, which has a plurality of spaced and preferably pointed prongs I! struck out therefrom, which prongs are designed to pierce the bag covering material to securely hold the latter to the inlay.

In Fig. 4 is shown a further modification comprising an inlay I8 having a plurality of apertures l9 with countersunk portions adapted to receive an adhesive for securing bag covering material to the inlay. When the adhesive is applied to the inlay and bag covering material, it will pass through the apertures and forms a sort of button. in the countersunk portions 20 which effectively holds the bag covering material to the inlays.

In Fig. 5 is shown a further modification, in which an inlay 2| is provided with a plurality of apertures 22 through which a needle or other implement may be passed for the purpose of sewing the bag covering material to the inlay.

The modified forms of inlay shown in Figs. 3, 4, and 5, are inserted in the frame members 3 and 4 and secured thereto by means of the tabs 8 in the same manner as described in connection with the inlay shown in Figs. 1 and 2.

The foregoing disclosure is to be regarded as descriptive and illustrativeonly, and not restrictive or limitative of the invention, of which obviously embodiments may be constructed including many modifications, without departing from the general scope herein indicated and denoted in the appended claims.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is:

1. In a hand bag, a. U-shaped frame memberhaving an inner side wall provided at its upper edge with a right angular outwardly directed flange, said flange having a right angular downwardly directed flange, a plurality of spaced tabs integral with one edge of said side wall, said tabs havin apertures therein to facilitate bending, inlays comprising flat metal strips for insertion into sections of said frame member, and tabs struck out from said inlays for securing bag covering material thereto, said first mentioned tabs being bendable upwardly to secure the inlays tothe frame member.

2. In a hand bag, a U-shaped frame member having an inner side wall provided at its upper edge with a, right angular outwardly directed flange, said flange having a right angular downwardly directed flange, a plurality of spaced tabs integral with one edge of said side wall, inlays comprising flat metal strips for insertion into sections of said frame member, and means on the inlays for securing bag covering material thereto, said tabs having apertures therein to facilitate the upward bending of the tabs to secure the inlays to the frame members.

3. In a hand bag, a U-shaped frame member having an inner side wall provided at its upper edge with an angularly directed flange, a plurality of spaced tabs integral with one edge of said side wall, inlays comprising flat metal strips for insertion into sections of said frame'member, and tangs struck out from said inlays and adapted to pierce bag covering material to secure said bag covering material to the inlays, said tabs having apertures therein to facilitate the upward bending of the tabs to secure the inlays to the frame members.

4. In a hand bag, a U-shaped frame member having an inner side wall provided at its upper edge with a right angular outwardly directed flange, said flange having a right angular downwardly directed flange, a plurality of spaced tabs integral with one edge of said side wall, and inlays comprising flat metal strips for insertion into sections of said frame member, said inlays having a plurality of apertures adapted to receive adhesive for the purpose of securing bag covering material to the inlay.

5. In a hand bag, a U-shaped frame member having an inner side wall provided at its upper edge with a right angular outwardly directed flange, said flange having a right angular downwardly directed flange, a plurality of spaced tabs integral with one edge of said side wall, and inlays comprising flat metal strips for insertion into sections of said frame member, said inlays having a plurality of spaced apertures to enable bag covering material to be sewed to the inlays.

' WILLIAM C. HIERING. 

